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by easton 1735 days ago
It’s used to store BitLocker (Full Disk Encryption) keys so you don’t have to type a password for the system to boot. If you don’t use BitLocker, it’s not used for much else.

One could conclude that they are requiring TPM so they can eventually turn on BitLocker by default.

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This is really stupid. So you can use your hard drive only in the first computer.
If VirtualBox takes the pass though approach, will we be able to migrate Windows 11 VMs between computers?